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Elvis Presley's Hair Up for Auction

With recent reports indicating that Elvis Presley's grandson Ben won't be pursuing a recording career, it seems that the King's hair remains more popular than his heir.

A clump of Elvis' mane, reportedly trimmed by an Army barber upon the late singer's induction in 1958, is the most celebrated item up for sale at a Chicago auction house this weekend. Other Presley memorabilia, including scarves he threw to fans, dolls and Christmas cards, will be offered as well. But the hair, once owned by an Elvis fan club president, has been thoroughly combed over.

Celebrity hair clippings have become big business, with another clump of Elvis's locks recently fetching a reported $115,000. "There's a possibility that people think you could clone people from hair," a representative from the auction house told the AP.

Though no DNA test has been done, the auction house claims it has been authenticated by a Connecticut collector who has his own sample of Elvis's hair. "I'm very careful with the hair I authenticate," said John Reznikoff, who also owns samples of hair from the heads of Beethoven, Marilyn Monroe and Michael Jackson's fiery Pepsi commercial mishap. Imagine the band he could clone.

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Ron A

If the locks belonged to Elvis, they certainly were not the ones that were shorn of in the barber shop at Fort Chaffee, AR in 1958. By sworn statement by one of the barbers who was working in the shop at the time, Elvis's hair was cut, then mixed with the clippings on the floor, then swept up and taken outside and burned. This was to prevent anyone from claiming that they had Elvis's hair from his army induction. Ther may have been hair samples from other times, including after his death, but none survived from the famous haircut at Fort Chaffee. BTW, the chair that Elvis sat in is still on display at Fort Chaffee Maneuver Trainin Center, and a bid to preserve the building is in the works. I had my first army haircut in the same barber shop about eight months before Elvis, and nobody wants my hair. LOL

January 14 2011 at 2:17 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
JILLHAMER

I am a big ELVIS fan but I feel he would be disgusted with all the hunger and neglect in this world..that someone should spend money on this and not use the cash to help the needy...

December 01 2009 at 11:49 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
doris

ok sure lets everybody bid on hair people have no jobs children are going hungry and some are homeless but by all means lets buy hair

October 15 2009 at 10:05 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
vgkflc

This dude has been in the ground for over 30 years now;so how in the fuck does someone have his hair??? If its a barber how do you know its his and not some other jerk that got a trim. Let the man rest in peace you morons.

October 15 2009 at 6:55 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Mari

Dude...read the article. It was cut when he went into the army

October 15 2009 at 8:39 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply